Journal Name:
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume:
3
Issue:
1
Pages From:
93
To:
98
Date:
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Abstract:
Non-parenchymal cells might play an important role in the modulation of xenobiotic
metabolism in liver and its pharmacological and toxicological consequences. Therefore, the
role of cell-to-cell interactions in herbal induced liver toxicity was investigated in
monocultures of cells from the human hepatocyte cell line (HepG2) and in co-cultures of
cells from the HepG2 cell line and cells from the human monocyte cell line (THP1). Cells
were treated with various concentrations (1–500 µg ml− 1) of extracts of Pistacia ...
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